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Overview of the events of 1965 in archaeology
The year 1965 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations [ edit ]
Excavations [ edit ]
March 19 - Wreck of the SS Georgiana is discovered off Charleston, South Carolina , exactly 102 years after her sinking, by E. Lee Spence .[2] [3] [4]
June - Jutholmen wreck (sunk c.1700) is discovered off Dalarö , Sweden.[5]
June - The Golden Bust of Septimius Severus is found in Didymoteicho , Greece .
August - Mosaic floor at Sparsholt Roman Villa , Hampshire, England.
November - Kyrenia ship is found near Kyrenia, Cyprus.
December - Sword of Goujian is found in Jiangling County , China.
Geologist Nikolai Samorukov finds petroglyphs in the rocks at Kaikuul Bluff overlooking the Pegtymel River in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , Russia .
Group of gold and silver vessels found at Tepe Fullol in northern Afghanistan .
Fir Clump Stone Circle in Wiltshire, England, rediscovered.
Mammoth remains found at Mezhirich , Ukraine .
First fossilized fragment of the hominin later identified as Australopithecus anamensis found in the Kanapoi region of Lake Turkana .[6]
A carved stone head is discovered during excavations at Deganwy Castle in north Wales. Depicted wearing a crown, the figure may represent Llywelyn the Great who rebuilt the castle in the first third of the 13th century.[7] [8]
Publications [ edit ]
R. G. Collingwood and R. P. Wright - The Roman Inscriptions of Britain , vol. 1.
P. V. Glob - Mosefolket Jernalderens Mennesker bevaret i 2000 Ar (The Bog People: Iron-Age man preserved ).
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References [ edit ]
^ Schaub, R. Thomas; Rast, Walter E., eds. (1989). Bab edh-Dhra': Excavations in the Cemetery Directed by Paul W. Lapp (1965–1967) . Reports of the Expedition to the Dead Sea Plain, Jordan 1. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. ISBN 978-0-931464-51-5 .
^ Warner, Eugene (April 1970). "Diver Lee Spence" . Sandlapper . Columbia, SC: 40–43.
^ Hatch, Katherine (February–March 1972). "Treasure Diver". Treasure World : 44–45.
^ Rooney, Kevin (March 1980). "Wreck of the Georgianna [sic ]". Skin Diver . Los Angeles: 80–81, 86–87.
^ "The Jutholmen wreck" . Sjöhistoriska. Archived from the original on 2018-01-07. Retrieved 2018-10-09 .
^ Ward, C.; Leaky, M.; Walker, A. (1999). "The new hominid species Australopithecus anamensis ". Evolutionary Anthropology . 7 (6): 197–205. doi :10.1002/(sici)1520-6505(1999)7:6<197::aid-evan4>3.0.co;2-t . S2CID 84278748 .
^ "A Crowned Head from Degannwy Castle, Caernarvonshire" . The Antiquaries Journal . 47 (1): 112. 1967. doi :10.1017/S0003581500088594 . ISSN 0003-5815 . S2CID 246063004 .
^ Wilson, David M.; Hurst, D. Gillian (1966). "Medieval Britain in 1965" (PDF) . Medieval Archaeology . 10 (1): 193. doi :10.1080/00766097.1966.11735288 – via Archaeology Data Service .